Re: Branding practice?

nobody@b.com wrote:
>
> This could be a last resort, but we'd really prefer to keep it between us. We
> haven't figured out the logistics of where we're meeting yet; probably a
> hotel, since neither of us live alone and we're on opposite coasts.


Okay, this has the smell of something illicit...

But regardless, my husband and I have brands on our thighs done by a
professional brander. His looks great, mine doesn't. This was done by a
guy with several years experience and it still didn't come out the way
we wanted. So unless you are doing straight strike branded lines, I
wouldn't recommend this as your first modding experience.

Also, while getting my brand we hit a blood vessel and I bled for about
an hour, things can get real tricky and unexpected.

On 22 Jun 2006 19:25:44 -0700, "Kirsten" <kirsten.v.w@gmail.com> wrote:

>Okay, this has the smell of something illicit...

I guess it depends on your definition of illicit; but yes, if our respective
partners knew that we were even talking to each other after so many years,
much less considering something like this, the shit would indeed hit the fan.

>But regardless, my husband and I have brands on our thighs done by a
>professional brander. His looks great, mine doesn't. This was done by a
>guy with several years experience and it still didn't come out the way
>we wanted. So unless you are doing straight strike branded lines, I
>wouldn't recommend this as your first modding experience.

Thanks for the advice on that, I think you're right about the straight lines.
The design is still up in the air but if it is my first initial (the first
thing we discussed) it is all straight lines.

>Also, while getting my brand we hit a blood vessel and I bled for about
>an hour, things can get real tricky and unexpected.

Definitely. I understand that soft/fatty areas are something to be avoided
too.

Thanks for the response. :)

nobody@b.com wrote:
> On 22 Jun 2006 19:25:44 -0700, "Kirsten" <kirsten.v.w@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Okay, this has the smell of something illicit...
>
> I guess it depends on your definition of illicit; but yes, if our respective
> partners knew that we were even talking to each other after so many years,
> much less considering something like this, the shit would indeed hit the fan.
>

Don't you think that at least his partner will figure something is up
when there is an oozing wound on his body?

On 23 Jun 2006 12:02:33 -0700, "Kirsten" <kirsten.v.w@gmail.com> wrote:

>Don't you think that at least his partner will figure something is up
>when there is an oozing wound on his body?

Well, she doesn't necessarily need to know what it represents. As callous as
that sounds. We're not trying to hurt anyone; in a way, this is all we have
now.

nobody@b.com wrote:
> On 23 Jun 2006 12:02:33 -0700, "Kirsten" <kirsten.v.w@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Don't you think that at least his partner will figure
> >something is up when there is an oozing wound
> >on his body?
>
> Well, she doesn't necessarily need to know what it
> represents. As callous as that sounds. We're not
> trying to hurt anyone; in a way, this is all we have
> now.

Earth to nobody. Moral compass to nobody.
Daddy/Mommy/SomeParentalFigureYouLove&Respect to nobody!

Did you say "she doesn't necessarily need to know"?

While that's true, *you* will know. *He* (your branded
non-partner-partner) will know. And... there's a /chance/ that your
monumental and significant event will just be an ugly scar. Even if it
turns out beautifully.

Loves like that and the human conscience is like that. Sometimes
anyway.

Years ago, I found out my live-in girlfriend had someone on the side
(and the bottom, the top, the Kama Sutra position number 1400a, etc.)
and that feeling, uh, was not a good one. Perspective is a mahfah and,
unfortunately, I also know the guilt associated with being on the other
side of that relational coin, too.

Perhaps you're like that random Jamaican dude I spoke to at the gas
station.

Me: "Hey, did you ever have a woman leave you?"
RJD: "Leev me? No, I nevah have one leev me. Dat nevah hoppen. I leev
dem."
Me: "Never mind."

Hey, you take your free therapy where you find it.

What I'm trying to say, perhaps unsuccessfully, is that maybe you're
that person who's never felt heartache or suffered consequences/felt
guilt for your relationship choices.

No one likes a busybody, but I'll make the statement regardless of that
truism: Do not brand your friend.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

On 24 Jun 2006 05:58:59 -0700, "Curt James" <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote:

>While that's true, *you* will know. *He* (your branded
>non-partner-partner) will know. And... there's a /chance/ that your
>monumental and significant event will just be an ugly scar. Even if it
>turns out beautifully.

Yup, very true. :) We're aware of that.

>What I'm trying to say, perhaps unsuccessfully, is that maybe you're
>that person who's never felt heartache or suffered consequences/felt
>guilt for your relationship choices.
>
>No one likes a busybody, but I'll make the statement regardless of that
>truism: Do not brand your friend.

Thanks for the input. At one point in my life I would have given the same
advice; and yes, I have been on the other side.

I didn't mean to derail this from how to do it into why or why not - I guess I
leaked a little too much. :)